Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-13
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have been butcherng his "Trovatore" for ali
these years, he would now be able to buy
yacht.
A LITTLE 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL in Melrose mas
a grandfather who is married to second
wife. and little Eleanor's mother had, In reply
to questions concerning their relationship,
sald she could call her "step- grandma" soon
after, Eleanor was overheard telling her
brother that grandma is not our truly grand
ma, but walking grandma"
SOME burglars stole a safe weighing l,2oC
pounds and 10000, from a store in Penns-
burg, Pa. Friday last, and loaded it on a
repalrsmcns truck on the railroad near by
Ihey then started towork down the railway,
but were caught up with and run over by
fast train. The burglars escaped. The truck
was smashed but the safe was picked up IN d
ditch near by unframed.
ONE of the effects of the enforcement of the
interstate commerce bill will be TO kill of
nine tenths of the theatrical combinations
now travelling from place to place throughout
the country, The law specially forblds the
especial rates" under which these cOmolna-
tons are now carried, and not one in ten of
them can afford to pay full rates. Heaven
bless the interstate commerce bill for this II
Tor nothing else,
PETER PHILLIPS, an aged citizen of Peters,
burg, Va. went home in a slightly lntoxl-
Gated condition on Saturday and
concluded that he would he
down in the barn and take q smoke before
facing the music in his house. While smOk-
ing he fell asleep and when the lire company
arrived at the scene OF the resulting confagra-
ton nothing but ashes remained of either
Peter or the barn.
THERE are said to be about 100 gypsy fami-
lies in Winter quarters ct Buffalo, and about
every tribe in the United States is represent.
ed. One tribe largely represented at Buffalo
fHlnd nidPAE
world-a white haired woman of attractive
appearance, who has reigned longer Than any
OF her predecessors. There Is no queen of the
gypSles In the United States In the sense that
she rules over all the tribes IN America.
Each of the tribes has its own king and queen.
AT Milan, Italy, Thursday night last full
dress rehearsal of Verdi's new opera,
"Otelo," took place in the Scala Theatre.
The music of the opera created a great SEN
sation, and produced a deep impression upon
the listeners, recelv ng- splendid lnterpre-
tation by the artists. IL is, says cable dis
patch, most meodlous and much more dra-
matte than anything the composer has yet
written. AT the close of the rehearsal the
orchestra aud chorus, amid general enthu-
siasm and emotion, presented TO Verdi a
wreath of laurel.
THE father Of Leon Gambetta, who is still
living at Nice, "A years old, bears striking
resemblance to his ilustrous son. He has
consented to the removal of the latter's dust
to the Pantheon at Paris, on condition that
the three sons of his daughter be authorized to
bear the name OF Gambetta; "for," he says,
81 am the only bearer of that name now. and
do not want IL to die out" NJ Gambetta
has small fortune of money saved while he
was in business at CahOrs, and ekes out a
comfortable income by selling the produce of
his garden OF oranges and lemons,
SIR GEORGE STRAHAN. having served out
his term as Governor of Tasmania, has been
appointed Governor of Hong Kong. His entry
into the Colonial service was after this fash
ion: At certain dinner Mr.. Gladstone ms de
an error IN Greek quotation, and Strahan,
then a young and unknown officer in the
ROYAL Artillery, corrected him. Mr.. Glad
stone took the correction kindly, inquired
VINO the young man was. and made him his
private secretary when he was High Commas
sioner of the Ionian Islands. Thereafter the
career of the young artillery man was stead
lily upward.
LORD IDDEsLEIGH and Lord Salisbury be-
came close friends away back in 1855, when
they were known respectively as Sir Stafford
Northcote and Lord Robert Cecil. When the
latter welded Miss Anderson his father cast
him of, considering the matcha messlliance.
The young couple fed for friendship and adj
vice TO the Northcotes, and it vas Sir Stafford
who put Lord Robert into the way of sup
porting himself and his bride during the
winter of paternal wrath. by writing for the
press. The two men were also closely asso-
ciated in the church works that claimed SO
large share of their lives.
PROMINENT MEMBER Of the Masonic fra
ternity in Baltimore ordered an enter
tainment few. nights ago for the
members Of his lodge, and mailed invi-
tatioDs to those he wished to attend, The
night came, the canvas backs. terrapin, oys-
tiers, and other delIcacles, the walters an d
the host were all there. but only a few friends
who knew OF the affair through other chan
nels than the finely engraved cards OF invita-
ton. Being there the good things had to be
eaten. Tic next day the host went TO the
post Office to see If his mailed invitations had
gone astray A search revealed the whole
lot carefully slowed away in q corner, having
been held for additional postage. The roof of
the post Office was 4 few inches higher for a
brief spell.
An extraordinary case. not without ro-
mantle side TO it. recently occurred at Rauik-
het, Bengal Presidency, India. The privates
of q detachment of the Leicestershire RegI-
ment Seventeenth footl owed grudge
against a sergeant OF their company, whom
they accused of tyranny. They me together
in secret conclave and dealt around a pack
OF cards, with the understanding that the
man TO whom the ace of spades was dealt
should kill the obnoxious sergeant. The card
fell to young soldier, who. when the Ser
geant entered the barrack room, at once took
his rifle and shot the non- commissioned Of
hcer. The murderer was sentenced to death,
but Sir Frederick Roberts, the Commander
in Chief, had not confirmed the sentence
when the mail left.
JAMES g. BLAINE, JR., went into the Office
of the Mail and Express a few days ago and
applied for a position as reporter. Manag-
ing Editor Coates informed him there was
no opening. The young man had prepared
his request for work in a modest way on his
personal appearance, his experience and ms
recommendations from Pittsburg news
papers, which he mentioned without giving
his name. Before departing he lard his card
on the editors desk, where it was found a
half nour later by that busy man. 1t is said
that Mr.. Coates nearly jumped over his chair
and sent ont to find the man. recognizing at
once that his employment would be q card"
for the paper. j am told thar Blaine is set
Glng down to a persistent effort TO win his
own way in the world, and that his hasty
marriage has proven good thing in this re-
spect.
NJ. DE BLowITz, Paris correspondent of the
London Times, whose recent announcement
of a Russo German alliance against France
and Austria hssssssass.tra acting the notice OF
all Europe. is u remafes1s,. individual. In
personal appearance he is mere globule of
obesity. From pole TO pole, or rather from
an equatorial abdominal diameter of some
thing ike feet 6 His age is apparently in
the neighborhood OF 80. His oral English is
very imperfect. lie constantly drops into
French by way OF refuge from the intricacies
aF hal L..